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Welcome Swallow

Welcome swallow flying past

Welcome swallows playing

Welcome swallows chasing

Welcome swallow taking off

Welcome swallow in flight

Welcome swallow grabbing an insect

Welcome swallow swooping

Welcome swallow twisting its head as it catches an insect

Welcome swallow on the hunt

Welcome swallow sat on the roof

Scientific name: Hirundo neoxena
Common names: warou, house swallow
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
New Zealand status: Native

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